Film · Drama
The Straight Story (1999)
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
- Director
- David Lynch
- Writers
- John Roach, Mary Sweeney
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 15, 1999
Cast
Richard FarnsworthAlvin
Sissy SpacekRose
Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy- Joseph A. CarpenterBud
- Donald WiegertSig
- Tracey MaloneyNurse
Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons- Jennifer EdwardsBrenda
- Ed GrennanPete
Jack WalshApple- Gil PearsonBus Driver
- Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus
Everett McGillTom the John Deere Dealer- Anastasia WebbCrystal
- Matt GuidrySteve
Bill McCallumRat
Barbara E. RobertsonDeer Woman
James CadaDanny Riordan
Sally WingertDarla Riordan
Barbara KingsleyJanet Johnson
